This has been the entirety of the "social studies" curriculum since the late 60s.
It starts with hating the conquerors, colonists, and pilgrims and building empathy with the troglodytes who previously inhabited the Americas for millennia but somehow failed to invent the wheel.
Then move on to the american revolution which was shown as good only because the british are the ultimate evil white people but at every turn emphasize what black people did. Of course repeat over and over again about how women and negros didn't get to vote and how terrible that was.
Then go to civil war and absolutely dehumanize and demonize the South and Confederacy.
Then reconstruction and all KKK all the time. Then hate for the industrialists and talking about how only government edicts could save the poor factory workers and miners.
Then WW2 and anything HOLOCAUST HOLOCAUST HOLOCAUST. Throw in the US was awful for using nukes.
Then the complete mythologization of "civil rights" hammering on saint saint and rosa parks, and anyone who mildly pushed back for any reason was an evil racist and repeat forever how "racist" is the absolute worst thing a person can be.
Many people to this day do not realize that the largest push for human rights came about because of the successes of capitalism. This showed true in even the most “racist” areas of the country, where the businessmen chose to allow blacks to ride on the same trains and buses as whites because of economic convenience. It was the government who forced segregation, not capitalists. Rosa parks had to ride multiple buses on that “fateful” day before she was asked to sit in the back due to a full bus load.
I remember one of my history books hit the New World explorers pretty hard for supposedly spreading diseases that killed off entire Indian tribes; not to mention Conquistadors slaughtering all the natives clear through South America.
Before that, I'm sure the Americas were nothing but peace and rainbows and happiness where there was no hatred or slavery.
This sort of made me think of my own experience too. I grew up in metro area of a very red state about the same age as you. My about 5 years younger brother also went to different schools most of the time so another point of comparion.
I actually think both race and economic makeup make a huge difference back then. At least it seems to go with my experience. I started elementary school in the hood, the full on ghetto. We're talking like guys got shot a few blocks away type ghetto. It was one of those "magnet" schools meaning let's bring the wypipo here to try to improve. I recall from those years a lot of race-based political stuff, big MLK events, etc. I don't think they were necessarily teaching us to hate the country, but hell I was like 7 and 8 who knows.
The entirety of my education after that was in schools I'd call lower middle class, 70% white. Not the schools everyone brags about that their kids go there. They were kinda shitty to be honest. I don't recall much of the CRT stuff at all though. I can think of a couple things including one black history teacher in 8th grade. There was also another teach that had actually been to some of the concentration camps in Poland and liked to talk about that from her experience, but she was also pretty anti-commie. Actually was one I got along with well, as I've always been into cold war history. I've not really kept up with anyone from school, I don't even live in the same state anymore, but a couple weeks ago someone else mentioned they looked up and found their old classmates were all crazed leftists. I poked around places like Facebook and did not get that vibe. Sure, I don't think many were like me, but I didn't see very much virtue signaling and total leftist insanity.
My brother on the other hand went to the trendy upper middle class public school (if you can call a school that). It was not the one from our neighborhood but they'd use whatever loopholes to get in anyway. It was essentially where all the supposed "rich kids" go that were too poor for public schools. I'd be hesitant to say they were anti-American. He served in the military even. The thing is, he, his wife, and all of his friends are raging leftists. Almost all of his friends are from his high school days, totally different from me in that respect. I'm sure there's a personality component to it, but I'm at least left to think how much that leftism tended to stick from there versus my own experience.
The principal said he was already on top of it and had several calls from other parents.
Make sure he follows it up because that sounds like it could be a line to get the parents to be quiet. You could casually ask him "whatever happened to that teacher you said was doing X with your kid?"
Of course repeat over and over again about how women and negros didn't get to vote and how terrible that was.
It's funny when you sit down and look at it. How many wars was the US really involved in before women the vote? I can only think of 1 that had major casaulties (civil war) then 2 of somewhat lesser casaulties (revolutionary war and war of 1812).
Women got the vote and then we had:
Stock market crash and great depression
ww1
ww2
korean war (fewer casaulties)
vietnam war (fewer casaulties but totally unecessary)
I remember there was a sentiment in my grandfathers generation that men at work would organize and get along, then you'd bring women in and guys would start getting loud and showing off and doing stupid reckless stuff. Wonder if it might translate to the national level.
This has been the entirety of the "social studies" curriculum since the late 60s.
It starts with hating the conquerors, colonists, and pilgrims and building empathy with the troglodytes who previously inhabited the Americas for millennia but somehow failed to invent the wheel.
Then move on to the american revolution which was shown as good only because the british are the ultimate evil white people but at every turn emphasize what black people did. Of course repeat over and over again about how women and negros didn't get to vote and how terrible that was.
Then go to civil war and absolutely dehumanize and demonize the South and Confederacy.
Then reconstruction and all KKK all the time. Then hate for the industrialists and talking about how only government edicts could save the poor factory workers and miners.
Then WW2 and anything HOLOCAUST HOLOCAUST HOLOCAUST. Throw in the US was awful for using nukes.
Then the complete mythologization of "civil rights" hammering on saint saint and rosa parks, and anyone who mildly pushed back for any reason was an evil racist and repeat forever how "racist" is the absolute worst thing a person can be.
Many people to this day do not realize that the largest push for human rights came about because of the successes of capitalism. This showed true in even the most “racist” areas of the country, where the businessmen chose to allow blacks to ride on the same trains and buses as whites because of economic convenience. It was the government who forced segregation, not capitalists. Rosa parks had to ride multiple buses on that “fateful” day before she was asked to sit in the back due to a full bus load.
I remember one of my history books hit the New World explorers pretty hard for supposedly spreading diseases that killed off entire Indian tribes; not to mention Conquistadors slaughtering all the natives clear through South America.
Before that, I'm sure the Americas were nothing but peace and rainbows and happiness where there was no hatred or slavery.
This sort of made me think of my own experience too. I grew up in metro area of a very red state about the same age as you. My about 5 years younger brother also went to different schools most of the time so another point of comparion.
I actually think both race and economic makeup make a huge difference back then. At least it seems to go with my experience. I started elementary school in the hood, the full on ghetto. We're talking like guys got shot a few blocks away type ghetto. It was one of those "magnet" schools meaning let's bring the wypipo here to try to improve. I recall from those years a lot of race-based political stuff, big MLK events, etc. I don't think they were necessarily teaching us to hate the country, but hell I was like 7 and 8 who knows.
The entirety of my education after that was in schools I'd call lower middle class, 70% white. Not the schools everyone brags about that their kids go there. They were kinda shitty to be honest. I don't recall much of the CRT stuff at all though. I can think of a couple things including one black history teacher in 8th grade. There was also another teach that had actually been to some of the concentration camps in Poland and liked to talk about that from her experience, but she was also pretty anti-commie. Actually was one I got along with well, as I've always been into cold war history. I've not really kept up with anyone from school, I don't even live in the same state anymore, but a couple weeks ago someone else mentioned they looked up and found their old classmates were all crazed leftists. I poked around places like Facebook and did not get that vibe. Sure, I don't think many were like me, but I didn't see very much virtue signaling and total leftist insanity.
My brother on the other hand went to the trendy upper middle class public school (if you can call a school that). It was not the one from our neighborhood but they'd use whatever loopholes to get in anyway. It was essentially where all the supposed "rich kids" go that were too poor for public schools. I'd be hesitant to say they were anti-American. He served in the military even. The thing is, he, his wife, and all of his friends are raging leftists. Almost all of his friends are from his high school days, totally different from me in that respect. I'm sure there's a personality component to it, but I'm at least left to think how much that leftism tended to stick from there versus my own experience.
Make sure he follows it up because that sounds like it could be a line to get the parents to be quiet. You could casually ask him "whatever happened to that teacher you said was doing X with your kid?"
It's funny when you sit down and look at it. How many wars was the US really involved in before women the vote? I can only think of 1 that had major casaulties (civil war) then 2 of somewhat lesser casaulties (revolutionary war and war of 1812).
Women got the vote and then we had:
I remember there was a sentiment in my grandfathers generation that men at work would organize and get along, then you'd bring women in and guys would start getting loud and showing off and doing stupid reckless stuff. Wonder if it might translate to the national level.